For as long as space endures And for as long as living beings remain, Until then may I too abide To dispel the misery of the world.
Kalachakra Initiations given by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Number Time Location Estimated Attendees
1 May 1954 Norbulingka, Lhasa, Tibet 100,000
2 April 1956 Norbulingka, Lhasa, Tibet 100,000
3 March 1970 Dharamsala, India 30,000
4 May 1971 Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India 10,000
5 December 1974 Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India 100,000
6 September 1976 Leh, Ladakh, India 40,000
7 July 1981 Madison, Wisconsin, USA 1,500
8 April 1983 Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, India 5,000
9 August 1983 Tabo, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India 10,000
10 July 1985 Rikon, Switzerland 6,000
11 December 1985 Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India 200,000
12 July 1988 Zanskar, Jammu & Kashmir, India 10,000
13 July 1989 Los Angeles, USA 3,300
14 December 1990 Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India 130,000
15 October 1991 New York, USA 3,000
16 August 1992 Kalpa, Kinnaur, India 20,000
17 April 1993 Gangtok, Sikkim, India 100,000
18 July 1994 Jispa, Keylong, Himachal Pradesh, India
19 December 1994 Barcelona, Spain 3,000
20 January 1995 Mundgod, Karnataka, India 50,000
21 August 1995 Ulan Bator, Mongolia 30,000
22 June 1996 Tabo, Spiti, India 20,000
23 September 1996 Sydney, Australia 3,000
24 December 1996 Salugara, West Bengal, India 200,000
25 August 1999 Bloomington, Indiana, USA 3,500
26 August 2000 Key Monastery, Spiti, India
Planned Initiations
27 January 2002 Bodhgaya, India ?
28 October 2002 Graz, Austria ?
"I pray for a more friendly, more caring,
and more understanding human family on this planet.
To all who dislike suffering,
who cherish lasting happiness -
this is my heartfelt appeal."
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
BRIEF LONG-LIFE PRAYER FOR HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA
In this land walled round by snowy mountains (Tibet),
You are the source of all happiness and good.
Mighty Chernresig, Tenzin Gyatso,
Fix your lotus feet until samsara ends!
LONG-LIFE PRAYER FOR HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
OM SVASTI
To the assembly of most kind teachers, both present and past - the
miraculous dance of the body, speech and mind of innumerable Buddhas manifesting
in accord with aspirants' spiritual capacities, the wish-granting jewel,
the source of all virtue and goodness - to you, we offer our prayers with
fervent devotion: That Tenzin Gyatso, protector of the Land of Snows, live
for a hundred aeons. Shower on him your blessings so that his aspirations
are fulfilled without hindrance.
To the assembly of all meditational deities manifesting as countless
mandalas and divinities - the magical clouds of immaculate, transcendent
wisdom reaching to the farthest expanse of the space of ultimate reality
- to you, we offer our prayers with fervvent devotion: That Tenzin Gyatso,
protector of the Land of Snows, live for a hundred aeons. Shower on him
your blessings so that his aspirations are fulfilled without hindrance.
To all the victorious Buddhas of the three times endowed with ten powers
and who are even masters of the gods, and whose attributes of perfection
are the source of all compassionate deeds benefiting the vast ocean-like
realm of sentient beings, to you, we offer our prayers with fervent devotion:
That Tenzin Gyatso, protector of the Land of Snows, live for a hundred
aeons. Shower on him your blessings so that his aspirations are fulfilled
without hindrance.
To the assembly of sacred doctrine embodied in the Three Vehicles,
supremely serene, a jewel-treasure of enlightenment, stainless, unchanging,
eternally good, and the glory of all virtues, which actually liberates
beings from the sufferings of the three worlds, to you, we offer our prayers
with fervent devotion: That Tenzin Gyatso, protector of the Land of Snows,
live for a hundred aeons. Shower on him your blessings so that his aspirations
are fulfilled without hindrance.
To all members of the enlightening, noble spiritual community, who
never stray from the thoroughly liberating adamantine city, who possess
the wisdom eye that directly sees the profound truth and the highest valour
to destroy all machinations of cyclic existence, to you, we offer our prayers
with fervent devotion: That Tenzin Gyatso, protector of the Land of Snows,
live for a hundred aeons. Shower on him your blessings so that his aspirations
are fulfilled without hindrance.
To the assembly of heroes and dakinis, heavenly beings of the three
worlds, who appear in the highest paradises, in the sacred places, and
in the cremation grounds, and who, through creative play in the hundred-fold
experiences of bliss and emptiness, support practitioners in their meditation
on the excellent path, to you, we offer our prayers with fervent devotion:
That Tenzin Gyatso, protector of the Land of Snows, live for a hundred
aeons. Shower on him your blessings so that his aspirations are fulfilled
without hindrance.
To the ocean of protectors endowed with eyes of transcendent wisdom
- the powerful guardians and upholders oof the teaching who wear inseparably
on their matted locks the knot symbolising their pledge to the 'Vajra Holder'
- to you, we offer our prayers with fervvent devotion: That Tenzin Gyatso,
protector of the Land of Snows, live for a hundred aeons. Shower on him
your blessings so that his aspirations are fulfilled without hindrance.
Thus to this congregation of excellent, undeceiving refuge, we pray
that by the power of this prayer expressed from a heart filled with fervent
devotion and humility, may the body, speech and mind of the sole of the
Land of Snows, the supreme Ngawang Lobsang Tenzin Gyatso, be indestructible,
unfluctuating and unceasing; may he live immutable for a hundred aeons,
seated on a diamond throne, transcending decay and destruction.
You are the jewel-heart embodying all compassionate, beneficial deeds;
O most courageous one, you carry upon your shoulders the burden of all
the Buddhas of the infinite realms. May all your noble aspirations be fulfilled
as intended.
By virtue of this may the heavenly doors of the fortunate era open
eternally as a source of relief and respite for all beings; And may the
auspicious signs reach the apex of existence and release, as the sacred
teachings flourish through all times and in all realms.
May the nectar-stream of the blessings of the 'Lotus Holder' always
enter our hearts and nourish it with strength. May we please you with our
offerings of dedicated practice, And may we reach beyond the shores of
perfect, compassionate deeds.
Through the blessings of the wondrous Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, by
the infallible truth of the laws of dependent origination, and by the purity
of our fervent aspirations, may the aims of my prayer be fulfilled without
hindrance.
English translation by Dr Thupten Jinpa Langri